Guest guest Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 CD4 total = 465, normal = 400-1800, sounds low-normal to me CD8 total = 149, normal = 100-950, also sounds low-normal CD3 are low-abnormal as well, making the total lymphocyte count low but the total given, 930 does not equal 632+465+149, so I dunno where the number comes from also the percentages add up to more than 100. Maybe they came from different samples? The high helper-suppressor ratio means not enough T4 cell death can take place in spite of the fact that your immune system is *under*populated. So it looks like the ones that remain have the capacity for not being killed off soon enough. If you get inflammation the unsuppressed T4s may start having a field day with your own cells. However if you suppress your whole system more you go way out of the normal range. That's how it looks to me but I've never seen a T-cell count before. Are you on injectables or chemo? -Sullivan --- In low dose naltrexone , " sally chrisman " <salpal@d...> wrote: > Good Luck Marilyn.....I'll pray that your second tests show, that, Ldn is working. > If so, we'll post it on the web, for all the naysayers to see. > > SallyC. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Marilyn Bachmann > > > Hi! I went out of town for a few days...lab results are finally here. > > THESE ARE BEFORE STARTING LDN: > > WBC 9200 ref range 4000 - 10000 #/ccm > Lymphocytes were low @ 930 (ref range 1000-4500) #/cmm > CD3 Total T% 68 ref range 65 - 90% > CD3 low 632 ref range 700-2800 #/cmm > CD4 T-Helper% 50 ref range 30 - 65% > CD4 465 ref range 400-1800 #/cmm > CD8T-Supprs% 16 ref range 11 - 37% > CD8 149 ref range 100-950 #/cmm > CD4/CD8 Ratio 3.12 ref range >0.9 > > > Doc's comment: " You have a high helper/suppressor cell ratio. I believe this means your immune system is over active... " > > > According to Bihari/Lawrence it is the helper cells that do the damage in MS and LDN corrects these ratios by increasing suppressor cells. I have company for the next couple of days, but I do have 60 1.5mg caps of LDN from Skip so will start Wed. night! > > > In a month or so I will retest T-cells. > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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